A hiker creating shelter from the sun during one long, long walk. Photo: Kodi Frost Editor’s Note: This feature is sponsored by our partners at Arrowhead Water. Plenty of people dream of escaping into ...

The morning sunlight peeked through the towering tops of Douglas firs, creating an ethereal atmosphere in the woods of Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southern Washington. My footfalls were muffled ...

Having Parkinson's disease doesn't mean you can't hike on the Pacific Crest Trail, and this nonprofit organization helps make ...

Stretching a whopping 2,650 miles from the Mexican border to Canada, the Pacific Crest Trail is one of the most iconic and ...

At 2,654 miles, the Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT as it's more commonly known in the hiking community, is considered the longest designated hiking trail in the world. Stretching from Campo, CA, near the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While The Appalachian Trail (AT) tends to get all the press, the U.S.’s other long distance hiking route ...

Tommy Slabaugh and a group of fellow northbound Pacific Crest Trail hikers set up camp for the night on May 9 near Apache Peak, located near mile 169 of the 2,650-mile trek in the San Jacinto ...

A majestic oak tree offers cool shade to Mike Brown as he rests in his gray, two-person tent on a late Friday afternoon in April. Brown, a 51-year-old from New Zealand, is about 15 hours away from ...

Natalie “Swell” Dillon, an avid backpacker who lives in Bishop in California’s Eastern Sierra, completed the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail in 2022. And every year since, the occupational therapist — ...